Jason Kent Bateman (born January 14, 1969) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Michael Bluth in the Fox / Netflix sitcom Arrested Development (2003–2019) and Marty Byrde in the Netflix crime drama series Ozark (2017–2022), as well as for his work in numerous comedy films. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. Bateman began his career as a child actor, appearing on television in the early 1980s on shows such as the NBC drama series Little House on the Prairie from 1981 to 1982 and The Hogan Family from 1986 to 1991. Bateman's early film roles include Teen Wolf Too (1987) and Necessary Roughness (1991) before taking supporting roles in The Break-Up (2006), Juno (2007), Hancock (2008), and Up in the Air (2009). Bateman went on to star in various successful comedy films such as The Switch (2010), The Change-Up (2011), Horrible Bosses (2011), Identity Thief (2013), This Is Where I Leave You (2014), Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), Office Christmas Party (2016), and Game Night (2018). He expanded into dramatic roles with The Gift (2015), The Outsider (2020), Air (2023), and Carry-On (2024). He also voiced Nick Wilde in the Disney animated films Zootopia (2016) and its 2025 sequel. Bateman made his directorial debut with an episode of The Hogan Family, at the time setting the record for the youngest director in the Directors Guild of America. He has since directed and starred in the films Bad Words (2013) and The Family Fang (2015), and in the television series Ozark (2017-2022), The Outsider (2020), Black Rabbit (2025), and DTF St. Louis (2026). Bateman was awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series in 2019 for his direction on Ozark. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jason Bateman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
75 movies · 60 shows
Zootopia 2
2025·7.7
Carry-On
2024·6.9
Once Upon a Studio
2023·8.3
Fool's Paradise
2023·4.6
Air
2023·7.3
Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery
2022·6.0
A Farewell to Ozark
2022·6.7
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
2021·7.5
Thunder Force
2021·5.5
Question & Answer
2020·8.0
Game Night
2018·6.8
Office Christmas Party
2016·5.7
Central Intelligence
2016·6.4
The Family Fang
2016·5.9
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016·4.0
Disneyland 60: The Wonderful World of Disney
2016·7.7
Zootopia
2016·7.8
The Gift
2015·6.7
Lennon or McCartney
2014·5.3
Horrible Bosses 2
2014·6.2
A LEGO Brickumentary
2014·5.9
Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas
2014·8.4
Pump
2014·7.4
This Is Where I Leave You
2014·6.6
The Longest Week
2014·5.1
Bad Words
2013·6.4
The Arrested Development Documentary Project
2013·5.7
Disconnect
2013·7.1
Identity Thief
2013·5.8
Disconnect
2012·9.0
Hit & Run
2012·5.7
Mansome
2012·4.9
The Change-Up
2011·6.2
Horrible Bosses
2011·6.6
Paul
2011·6.7
The Switch
2010·6.2
This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying
2010·9.3
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
2009·3.0
Up in the Air
2009·6.9
The Invention of Lying
2009·6.2
Couples Retreat
2009·5.6
Extract
2009·5.8
State of Play
2009·6.8
Tropic Thunder
2008·6.7
Hancock
2008·6.4
The Promotion
2008·5.3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
2008·6.5
Juno
2007·7.1
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
2007·6.3
The Kingdom
2007·6.7
Arthur and the Invisibles
2006·6.4
Smokin' Aces
2006·6.5
The Ex
2006·5.3
The Break-Up
2006·5.9
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004·6.4
Starsky & Hutch
2004·5.8
Sol Goode
2003·4.2
The Sweetest Thing
2002·5.6
One Way Out
2002·5.7
Love Stinks
1999·6.5
Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart
1995·6.3
This Can't Be Love
1994·5.9
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
1994·5.4
Breaking the Rules
1992·5.3
A Taste for Killing
1992·5.4
Necessary Roughness
1991·5.5
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
1989·0.0
Crossing the Mob
1988·5.7
Moving Target
1988·6.1
Teen Wolf Too
1987·4.2
Bates Motel
1987·4.6
How Can I Tell If I'm Really in Love?
1987·4.3
The Thanksgiving Promise
1986·5.8
Can You Feel Me Dancing?
1986·6.6
The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins
1984·5.4